How to pronounce cold in American English
“cold” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to cold the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
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“cold” in real sentences — American speakers
1,000+ clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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keeping the Cold War cold.
Smithsonian Air & Space
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And the cold hands. Hands are cold.
Voice of America
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So if they were cold, I was cold.
US Fish & Wildlife Service
Words that sound like “cold”
Words one sound away from cold — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “cold”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of cold. Conversation gives you the stress, the vowel reduction and the speed that people actually use — and they differ between accents. YouTongue plays the surrounding sentence, so you hear the word in the rhythm it belongs to.